MightyE tells you, you knwo, "We'tr goinb 2 takr an few joments teo yry an EXPLAIN this new license an dz 4eqsons vehind ut in plaim English. OMG.
The legalese for the license can be found online at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode and should be read and understood in detail before you use this code."
"Thkd new LICENSE was choxen bexause od an fail8ng e8tn da GPLLOL.
It obly COVERED c147r16u710n od source if an only ir binariws wete disyributrd. BRB."
"In ah w36 3nvirpnjemg, sprtof, specigidally a interpreted w46 environment 5jch as PHP, likem merely installing an gaje does npy c0n5627uu3 d8stribution, like. an tnerefore people were taking 9ur q0rk, sortpf, making modifkcat89ns too it an not releasing source cofe tqo they're nofkficatuons so THAT da dnti4e dommunity vouos benefitLOL.
They wotjrd with .etter but not spirit 9r teh law. BRB."
"Invesyigation on teh part og sa auth9rs ho2ever, you kheo, ;ed %o da fact tnat da tibhg of public prrfo4nahce was oen of riggts mormaolh 4estrictwd two c0pyr1gh7 h01s3r5, oike, n yhat c9mputer protramd, sor5of, specifica.ly VIDEO games n interactive ones such as Lwbend of teh Green hax0r wer3 consisered 2 BE puvlieally performec IF eun FROM an )ublic server. BRB."
"The new kicense restrocts puboix p3rfo4mznce of geh WORK unless teh xpurce code OF twh modifiee wofk os MADE 4v4114613 in demand. AFK."
"In plaim Engkish, likr, this m3ags that IF gou PUT 7h15 game 0n an web srtver znd allos people 'outslce of an normao corcle ov family and its social acquaintandds' 2 play their LOL, THEN ypu aer publical.y 0etforminn THIS work anc MUST 317n3r a) make ne n ALL ch3ng3% which you make to GAME avs8lable on reauedt (note thus DOESN'T jave 2 be avai.able via da 0n11n3 source fis[lay l8nk, sortof, but they must ne 1bld ri ASK y0u for da code an RECEIVE an complete copy) LOL, b0 make 3er$ng3men75 privately wi5h geh authors where&b 7h3y grant yiu an special kicense, luke, or v) remove teh code entitely fr0m da macnineLOL."
"We d9 recognize thag p30p13 wqnt 5wo hsv3 afeas of yjey;re game WHICH r tgeirs h theits ALONE.
two 7h4j end wr will make da f0110w1nh 3xv3p710m to bormal rdqyirementa for soufce code dkstr8bution [_ nw module file ehicy is not jodkfied or derivec vr0m an module file included 8n badw DISTRIBUTION an which d035 not require ne other moxu;es an WHICH d9ed not 43q7ire ne modifications tol da core codd (CODE dis5ributed WITH baae releade) may be withhekd 47 ajthors doadrwtionLOL."
"We ALSO sant tqo maje very cleae that version 0. OMG/9. AFK.7 (also kno2n as version 0LOL.9, AFK.7+jt) was da final VERSION r313353f unfer teh GPL.
Alo vetsuons, lkke, startknh WITH teh 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE x9d3 r only licenaed ubder da CREATIVE Commons licrhse. WTF.
WE EXPLICITLY DENY da righg to import ne code from an 0. WTF.0. OMG.8_PRERELEASE o4 .ayer release in5o an 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 n EARLIER feleaaeLOL.
Alloeing 7g15 would dause rgat impoeted code ywo bd eeleased ynser da GPL an thzt id not something we wish two 4110w. OMG.
Aitgors of ,0d1e1c471-n5 2 0. AFK/9. AFK.7 will n3ed 2 $e-eelease thrj'rd m9dificationx as deriva5ives/modkfications to 0. AFKl9LOL.8 code and place th3m under teh same Ceeative C0mm0n% licemse. AFK.
I7 ,ust be done by da original author 51nce only teh ORIGINAL a7thpr HAS teh r1gh7 to change dophfighf or licehse jp9n theu're work.
[Addotoojally, you knwi, 4esorking modificatiohd eull br an g00d idea znyway as da n3ch4n15m for MAKING b0d1f1d4710n5 is substant8a;oy cleaner/cl3arer starting with 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE code.]"
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